Latest Business & Industry Poker News

This week saw the claims that major gambling sites have been complicit in allowing or funding hackers who have been luring potential customers.

Joaquin Morales, a Chilean government official, claims to be looking to other countries for guidance on how to deal with online poker.

The death knell that sounded the end for online poker in Australia has stopped ringing as the Aussie government has apparently changed its tune.

The lights are went out for online poker all across Australia when the last remaining online poker providers turned off their server rooms.

Recent report on the IRS using data-mining algorithms to search social media could see poker players come under increased scrutiny by tax authorities.

E-sports fantasy site Herosphere announced initial coin offerings for their own cryptocurrency -HEROcoin.

Bengtsson has announced that he and the Swedish gaming company are parting ways effective immediately.

Holz expressed his excitement for the future plans of his new employer, which is yet another reason for the fans to start paying close attention to PartyPoker.

The California cardroom, which was closed down two weeks ago, has been told they will be allowed to resume their gambling activities.

More than 7000 customers who had voluntarily banned themselves from gambling were still able to access their accounts.

Recent efforts to ‘future-proof the industry’ include a white paper suggesting that some cryptocurrencies be allowed as payment methods.

Calvin Ayre has once again been making headlines, this time for acquiring CoinGeek.com, a news site that focuses on cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin.

The status of several casino developments around the world are under a cloud this week after China tightened its rules on outbound foreign investment.

A California cardroom has been closed down amid claims that its owners did not have enough money to cover the chips-in-use.